Word: craftier
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...block and exercise yard ... HE IS HARD-MUSCLED, HANDSOME, HANDY WITH A SNUB-NOSE .38, AND HIS HIDE IS AS TOUGH AS THE BLUING ON A PISTOL BARREL. Decent, disillusioned and altogether incredible, he is a soap opera Superman. He is television's 'Private Eye.' Smarter than the cops, craftier than the crooks, too quick to be caught and domesticated by the classiest doll, TV's private detective runs second to only one competitor in the race for ratings. So far, in a season riddled with old scandals and new specials, the Cowpoke is still top draw...
...Echoing the recent defiant statements of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one of the country's top military leaders, Rear Admiral Mohammed Ibrahim Dehqani, said that Israel would be the first target of military retaliation if the U.S. chose to attack. But despite such fiery rhetoric, Iran may well have a craftier diplomatic strategy up its sleeve...
...Paris. "Part of that is the emancipation of the party." Last month the party pronounced its flat-out opposition to Turkey's membership of the European Union; Chirac has said Turkey will eventually join. This month the party called for a referendum on the European Constitution, undermining Chirac's craftier stance of waiting until...
...first, it may sound corny from a 40-something, but the sentiment is heartfelt. And with their new album, New Order is telling the world to get ready because they have returned with a sentimental vengeance. Although older than most current musical sensations, they are craftier this time around and can still pop and synthesize better and harder than any band on either side of the Atlantic...
...about a wannabe playa whose lady catches him, ahem, hangin' with the girl next door. Its name comes from the oaf's absurd, shameless alibi, and to hear the lyrics, you'd think this lady was just another Oprah-watching female American victim. But on screen, she's craftier than Lara Croft. She spies on her beau, narrow-eyed, everywhere he goes, using a little handheld device that looks suspiciously like the latest Nokia handset. He can't hide. He definitely can't escape. Big Sistah is watching. And Big Sistah's got a GPS receiver...